New York January 19^th 1787 Sir Your Letter of December 17^th has been attended to, and I find you are right respecting the deduction for the denominator — The cause of the omission of its payment arose from your account, at the time not being entered in the Public Books and the Clerk who examined the accounts for the Bounty of your State, did not advert to your settlement. I shall Issue the certificates agreeable to your request. D^r James Tilton Pierce